He’s like Ms. Frizzle, except instead of sciencey wonders, he provides gastronomic ones, and instead of having a sweet pet reptile named Liz, he has Gordon Ramsay. (Joe Bastianich is Arnold in this parallel.)

On tonight’s MasterChef, the home cooks enter their first group challenge, surrounded by these 300 obnoxious school children, who — lo and behold! — will be their judges.